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I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international
consultants. About living in Italy, the Veneto area near Venice; in Indonesia,
central Java. Why we love the southeast of the United States and moved back from
Italy. Our love for gardening, the botanical way. Sharing with you our manifold
treasures from exotic places and even offering several in my Mariette's Back to
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Sunday, May 22, 2016

{Phallus Impudicus or Stinkhorn}

On December 18, right at our front door entrance Pieter did show me this perfect Phallus impudicus or Stinkhorn.

This perfect Phallus impudicus was discovered just in time!
There are other mushrooms growing nearby.

This photo shows how it looks after Pieter dug it up

It sure does resemble a Phallus...
And in reply to some questions: YES it stinks and has a very foul odor.
On this video you can see how some of these many Phallus species mature, bursting open and releasing their foul odor to attract flies, that will carry their sticky spores...Dictyophora duplicata and Phallus ravenelii, stinkhorn mushrooms just click the link.
The beginning of this Phallus mushroom, a kind of egg form, is considered a delicacy however!
You can see that here in this video: The Common Stinkhorn, Phallus impudicus click
it...Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) for more info click on this link.
Yep, just next to the walkway leading up the steps to our front door!Mushrooms will keep following us for the rest of our lives...

Hello Mariette,So you have those too!I have to admit they really stink, and species sometimes have a strange way to reproduce and therefore attract insects to spread their spores!And these mushrooms are quite evocative! LOL!Warm hugs, keep well and enjoy your weekend :)